game two to red

Yeah, so two in a row for the Wolves wasn't to be. Oh well. Now we'll be playing with passion in game three, as we lost tonight 1-0. Not our best effort; we were held in only by our goalie. We were too sloppy clearing the puck out of our end and went 0-for-1 on the power play (the penalty was drawn by yours truly - hey, I'll take my moments wherever I can find them). It wasn't so bad, though, as they went 0-for-1 as well.

Game three (in our best-of-three final) goes Wednesday. In true playoff tradition, I have refrained from shaving. And it's worked so far, plus it helps me stay warm.

game one to the wolves

Yup, we pulled it off. Two goals in the first period and the decidedly pro-Wolves crowd were enough to carry us to a 2-1 victory. Game 2 of the best-of-three final goes tomorrow night. Red will probably come out strong, like they usually do; however they have a tendency to fade rather quickly and then surge again at the end of the game. The question is, will they be annoyed enough to not fade?

all the news that's fit to print... nah, not really

So the best-of-three final starts tomorrow night, and it's the Wolves against Red. And by Red I mean the team that wears red jerseys, who may or may not actually be called Red. It's going to be tough, folks - Red has won a lot of games and are riding a hot goalie through the playoffs. But we've given them trouble in the past, and they've never blown us out, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, though, I've got three whole days off. Of course, my sleep schedule is still completely out of whack from working midnights earlier this week. I'm getting plenty of sleep, just at weird hours - the other day I slept from 9 am to 4 pm, then went back to bed at 2 am and woke up at 5. I have NEVER been unable to get back to sleep at 5 am. It's not that bad, except that (a) at some point I'm sure I'll start working days again, and (b) there's not much open in Thunder Bay after midnight except for A&P and the clubs. I should start doing my grocery shopping at 3 am. Bet the line ups are nothing.

In other news... starting a book called Ignorant Armies by CBC guy Gwynne Dyer, about the war in Iraq. Pretty sure it's going to be anti-war, but it was published last fall before Bush started taking a lot of heat about his weapons of mass hysteria, so it'll be interesting to compare the congressional proceedings to Dyer's slant on the mess. Also in other news... nah, that's pretty much it.

0430

4.30 am is a funny time of day with a lot of uncertainty about it. It's not a time when people (some people, anyway) are usually up. Why on earth would anyone want to be any place but a nice warm bed at that time? What time of day is it - late night or early morning? And that 4.30-at-work-since-midnight-need-to-eat meal - it's not supper, it's not breakfast... could it be supfast? That's as legitimate as brunch, if you ask me. It's okay to eat supper food like peanut chicken, or breakfast food like cereal - don't let anybody ever tell you different. And caffeine, don't forget the caffeine.

This is what my brain comes up with after working all night, in case you couldn't tell. Tangential, n'est pas?

pulled it off

Apparently wolves are pretty lucky - we pulled off a 2-1 win against the Maroons (who wear black) last night. It wasn't pretty, but we'll take it. The final is next weekend against Red, who won all three of their round robin games.

By the way, if you've read Life of Pi, let me know what you think of the island section of the book. I really can't figure that part out.

sunday sunday sunday

Hockey playoffs tomorrow night! Lost our first round-robin game 2-1 (glorious chance to tie with 3 minutes left, but it went off the post), but won the second 3-2 (winning goal scored by... number 9) against our arch-nemesis, Double Trouble. Tonight is game 3 against Red, who naturally wear black jerseys. The top 2 teams in the playoffs have a best-of-three final.

It's a quirky league... Red wears black, the Maroons wear red, and Double Trouble wears maroon. Got that? I don't. We're the only sensible ones in the league - we're the Wolves, and we wear green.